Morning of Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
sunrise 06:07 06:49 one muhūrta on
Saptamī begins 06:51:41
05:1905:4306:0706:3106:5507:1907:43
0 of 42 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2031
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Saptamī reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day and the rule does not say what then. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Wednesday 22 October
Taken. Saptamī reaches neither morning; this is the day it falls on.
0 of 42 minutes covered
Morning of Thursday 23 October
Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.
0 of 42 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 06:52 on Wed 22 Oct to 04:42 on Thu 23 Oct.
2031-10-21T22:51:41Z → 2031-10-22T20:42:03Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:07–06:49 on the 22nd, 06:08–06:50 on the 23rd.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 0 of 42 minutes on the 22nd and 0 of 42 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither morning qualifies. The day the tithi falls on is taken.
priority: paraviddha → tithi-day · margin 159 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2031: Wednesday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin, absent-unstated)
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2031 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Saptamī runs from 06:52 on Wed 22 Oct to 04:42 on Thu 23 Oct, and reaches the first muhūrta after sunrise on neither day. It is 2 min 39 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 22 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 21st | Covered | Sunrise 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:52 → 13:42 | 07:03 | 0 min | 07:04 | 44 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:52 → 15:42 | 07:10 | 0 min | 07:11 | 43 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:52 → 16:42 | 07:14 | 0 min | 07:15 | 43 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 18:52 → 16:42 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 47 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 23:52 → 21:42 | 07:35 | 0 min | 07:36 | 41 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 00:52 → 22:42 | 05:12 | 0 min | 05:11 | 52 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 02:52 → 00:42 | 06:20 | 0 min | 06:21 | 46 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 04:22 → 02:12 | 06:26 | 0 min | 06:26 | 45 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 04:22 → 02:12 | 05:36 | 0 min | 05:36 | 46 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:52 → 04:42 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:47 | 44 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:52 → 07:42 | 06:08 | 0 min | 06:06 | 0 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 10:52 → 08:42 | 05:34 | 0 min | 05:33 | 0 min | 23 Oct |